The plan is to go to physio and through my university, I can usually get in in a day or two. But I've had the suckiest week ever, I hurt my shoulder on Saturday and came down with the flu on Sunday. So I'm currently lying in bed feeling miserable and having a hard time rolling over cause my shoulder hurts.

In the mean time, I had my boyfriend who is a kinesiologist look at it, and he said I likely strained a muscle (he named the muscle but I forgot it, I'm only 50% alive right now)

I was just wondering if anyone had similar experiences and how it affected your climbing because I know shoulders are pretty delicate and once injured seem to be the easiest to re-injure.

About a week ago i really hurt my shoulder belaying a follower from an atc guide. I had full range of motion just hurt to apply pressure. The pain really came from the tip of my shoulder. I thought it was bursitis or impingment syndrome but after the doc had a look it is mere bicep tendonitis. Thank God! You may just have that. Get it looked at and dont move it until he says. Not even stretches. From talking to other people who have had more serious injuries/rotator cuff problems, many have said that after surgery, ot was like brand new. So dont be too afraid if it did come to that. I wish you the best of luck and hope it is something minor.

About a week ago i really hurt my shoulder belaying a follower from an atc guide. I had full range of motion just hurt to apply pressure. The pain really came from the tip of my shoulder. I thought it was bursitis or impingment syndrome but after the doc had a look it is mere bicep tendonitis. Thank God! You may just have that. Get it looked at and dont move it until he says. Not even stretches. From talking to other people who have had more serious injuries/rotator cuff problems, many have said that after surgery, ot was like brand new. So dont be too afraid if it did come to that. I wish you the best of luck and hope it is something minor.

Woah. Okay, mine is not that bad. After a week of lying in bead coughing my lungs out (and expelling this virus in other ways) My shoulder is nearly better. There is very little pain at all. I think I'm just going to watch it and if it hurts in a day or two go to the doctor, if not, I'm just going to be REALLY careful kayaking in the future.

Okay, just some friendly advice, if the pain is gone in two days it may not mean it has healed, just the swelling has gone. I'd wait at least a week after pain subsides before climbing again. Whatever you choose to do, again, good luck.

Sry to make you feel that way, just trying to help. I just happened to have a shoulder injury myself.

The reason to do this is to strengthen the muscles in the back connected to the shoulder. This will stabilize the natural position of your shoulder so that it wont be damaged as easily.

It worked for me. And hey, it's just advice. You can do whatever you want. Try it if you want to, otherwise go see a physiotherapist.

You didn't make me "feel" any particular way. You made a silly 80% claim for which no evidence exists, and I called you on it.

I'm glad your shoulder got better. But that good news does not make that exercise 80% effective.

I already am a PT. I wish your claim was true. My job would be greatly simplified.

Edit: seated cable rows could help correct a muscle imbalance in which the anterior muscles (Pec major/minor, Serratus anterior) are overly strong, like in a bodybuilder who benches too much. Not so much in a climber, most of whom already have strong backs from pulling and stabilizing on overhanging terrain.

I am really disappointed that no effort was made to evaluate strength of the involved muscles, but, I suspect, this study was carried on to satisfy some sort of academic research/degree requirement.

This is another good point. The study assessed scapulohumeral rhythm. It did not test strength. So the paper purports to show that climbers have different scapulohumeral rhythm than non climbers, not necessarily that they have weak scapular stabilizers.

Similar differences are well-categorized in other sports, like tennis, swimming, and in throwing athletes, like pitchers and quarterbacks. Overhead athletes have different SHR, but not necessarily weakness.

Focus on muscle, shoulder strengthening exercises that will help you avoid re-injury in the future. You can find them via Google or Youtube/Vimeo video.

Another step you can take is using BFST treatments to condition your shoulder to adopt a higher level of blood circulation to help strengthen it and help it recover much faster. http://www.kingbrand.com/Rotator_Cuff_Treatment.php?REF=33PV5

The combination of shoulder stretches/exercises and increasing blood circulation will help build endurance, strength and minimize recovery time because your should will be more effective in dealing with minor problems from reoccurring.

Hey Guys well i think that Shoulder area are the most portable joint parts in your body.To stay in a constant or normal position, the shoulder must be attached by muscle tissue, muscle and structures.Thanks!!